EandS2019

There are rules that don't make sense.   Welcome to US immigration laws which is made up by various people and they don't make sense. 
 
First, it's immigration fraud to use a non-immigrant visa to enter the US with the intent to adjust status.
 
Second, intent is assessed at the POE.
 
Third, for an Immediate Relative of a USC, intent can not be a reason to deny the AOS as long as the beneficiary did not lie at the POE.  This is the loophole.  Google Matter of Battista and Matter of Cavazos.
 
The OP is in the US, passed the POE, and is adjusting status as an IR of a USC.  Get off their backs.  If you don't like the laws, then go get Congress to change them.  Don't scaremonger people because you don't like what they are doing when it's legal.

Thank you very much!! Our appointment is on Dec 4th and I will have all documents ready this week ! Congratulations on your interview !

For our AOS interviews, we took the instructions quite literally, and brought every shred of paper that we had send/received to/from USCIS since the start of our immigration journey. It was a good thing, during the interview, the IO asked to see the my divorce decree, claiming that it wasn't in the file (of course, I had previously sent in a copy, oh so many months ago, during the K1 Petition phase of the visa process). I quickly pulled out the original (in a plastic presentation page saver sleeve) and a color laser printed copy. I asked him to compare the copy and original and keep the copy if necessary. He kept the copy. That little maneuver likely saved us from a RFE. Be prepared at your interview, you just don't know what they may ask of you.
 
Good luck on your immigration journey.

\o/ yeahh so far our timeline still the same lol
i also received my approval letter yesterday.. 
Im super excited to get the cards in hands finally

You should get it in the mail separately, it could take a few more weeks.

October 31, 2019
New Card Is Being Produced
 
On October 31, 2019, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number  and will mail it to the address you gave us. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

So 28 days after the intwerview we finally received status update! I guess my greencard is about to arrive??
This is the only update we received. No "case approved" or "new card is being produced",  just the one that says it was picked by the postal service.
The whole process took us 5 month almost. USCIS is doing quite good this year.
 

Just to clear things up, I wasn't discouraging people to request an expedite. I was just sharing my experience and that I felt like my own circumstances didn't warrant an expedite (my mother is ill but not currently dying, if her condition worsened then I would have applied for one). Even if that's not what you meant, I also want people to know if they feel they have a chance at a successful expedite they should apply. It's true, all they can do is say no, no harm done.

Not you.....

Just to clear things up, I wasn't discouraging people to request an expedite. I was just sharing my experience and that I felt like my own circumstances didn't warrant an expedite (my mother is ill but not currently dying, if her condition worsened then I would have applied for one). Even if that's not what you meant, I also want people to know if they feel they have a chance at a successful expedite they should apply. It's true, all they can do is say no, no harm done.

Well, I made a big mistake..... I misread the instructions and we did not think we needed to bring her minor daughter to the interview. The IO was very, very nice and apologized to us, but said we will need to be rescheduled and we will need to bring her daughter. Now, we are waiting for the new interview date 🤦‍♂️😩

Totally agree. The VJ estimations keep changing weekly, processing times on USCIS website keep changing from 2.5 months to 7.5 months within a couple of months so it’s really hard to rely on anything, it’s better not to even look at them. 
 
Myself and my husband are lucky that we are doing fine financially (not great, but not struggling)  but I honestly wonder how do they expect normal couples/families to cope up to 7.5 months with one spouse’s income? We talked about it last night at home and came to the conclusion that these long processing times are probably, at least partially, intentional to put couples into test whether they’ll make it or not, and also to deter people from applying. 
 
Regardless of what it is, 7.5 months is ridiculous. I know for sure that my interview won’t be until March/April earliest, so EAD and AP is necessary. 

Totally agree that the processing times/estimates are pretty much useless (especially from USCIS). We are in the same boat as far as financials go - we have enough to pay all the necessary bills with some left over to have a life - but there's not enough of a cushion to be completely comfortable. Having a 2nd income will be such a relief, and my hubby will be sooo much happier. 
 
I will say that despite all of that, it does make me happy to come home and see my husband every day. I also am lucky enough to live very close to my work, so most days I get to see him on my lunch breaks as well. 

My combo card just arrived in the mail  even though my interview is next week! I still haven't gotten things together, I better start. Congrats everyone on interviews.

We had his interview yesterday and the lady said approved. She said we could expect his green card to come in about two weeks. She asked hardly any questions, didn't ask for much evidence and seemed to have already made her mind up about us before we even got in there. In case anyone was wondering about the public charge thing that the courts intervened on (but i know people were still worried about it since public charge is broad and they technically can ask anything they want regardless of the courts etc) we do not have health insurance and she never asked for it. She never even asked for my tax stuff or employment stuff. Im a good amount over poverty level for my area that may be why. 

My combo card just arrived in the mail  even though my interview is next week! I still haven't gotten things together, I better start. Congrats everyone on interviews.

My combo card just arrived in the mail  even though my interview is next week! I still haven't gotten things together, I better start. Congrats everyone on interviews.

My combo card just arrived in the mail  even though my interview is next week! I still haven't gotten things together, I better start. Congrats everyone on interviews.

My combo card just arrived in the mail  even though my interview is next week! I still haven't gotten things together, I better start. Congrats everyone on interviews.

My combo card just arrived in the mail  even though my interview is next week! I still haven't gotten things together, I better start. Congrats everyone on interviews.

yay!!! good luck!! Wish you a happy Christmas with GC In hand!
we got the letter today and our interview is on Dec 4th   

Today we received the interview letter on the mail. It's on Dec 12 (my wife said: Dia de la Virgen!). Already working on getting all ready. Good luck everybody.

Try not to use those wait times as a guide! My EAD/AP card is being delivered today. Yours is coming soon too . I stopped checking after the first 2 months because it is so stressful looking at those wait times fluctuate.

My combo card just arrived in the mail  even though my interview is next week! I still haven't gotten things together, I better start. Congrats everyone on interviews.

My combo card just arrived in the mail  even though my interview is next week! I still haven't gotten things together, I better start. Congrats everyone on interviews.